Improvement in washing machine



MPETERS, PHOTD-LITHQGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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CLARK/'MooRHEAD AND ISAAC GRIER, oF LEWIsTo'WN, ILLINOIS.

Leners Patent No. 64,243, and April so, leer.v i

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING MACHINE.

Be it known that We, MOORHEAD Si GRIER, of Lewistown, in the county of Fulton, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement on a Washing Machine; and we do hereby declare that' the fo1- lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, each making a part ofvthis specification, in Which- :Figure 1 4isan end elevation of outside.

Figure 2, a side elevation of outside.

Figure 3, a side view of the beaten Y Figure 4, a transverse section ofthe clothes cylinder; and

Figure 5, a longitudinal elevation ofcylindcr or drum, with part sections of box and legs.

The different parts are represented as follows, viz: a, crank; 6, journal attaching a and cog-wheel c; UZ,

cog-wvheelof equal capacity, attached to short journalcofone end of cylinder e, the journal with that on opposite end being securedto outside of cylinder; ,"slats of cylinder; g, slats in door of drum or cylinder, through which clothes are introducedgjz, the beater, hung on arms z', revolving in staples j; k'is the opening for the ,discharge of water.

The nature of our invention consists in providing a. hollow, revolving slat cylinder (which contains the clothes to be Washed, and which is about one-third submerged in suds) with beaters of suitable Weight, so hungl at either end tliat as the cylinder revolves and the weight of the beaterscomes above and vwithin the points of hinging, that they turn over, and, falling on the'clothes, beat or pound the dirt from them.

' To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention, welwill proceed to describe its construction and operation. l

We make the outside, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, of. any of the known forms, and to the inside of ends we secure the boxes m m, in which turn the points on which revolves the cylinder e. We make the ends of cylinder of wood and enclose'it with slats of Wood f, secured to ends and properly hooped, except about four slats g, iig. 5', which are framed to shut inside of ends and hinged and hooked to form a door,g, fig. 4, through which to insert clothes. To the inside'of two opposite slats We secure staples j, in which turn the ends of arms i, on which is the beater 71, ofA any desired weight. The crank z is attached to s hat b, which turns in boxing securedto end of machine, and terminates with, cog-wheel c, which works in a wheehd, o fwcqual'capacity. d is fastened to a shaft which is secured to Aend of drii'm e and turns in boxing m. 'There is no shafting through cylinder.

To-use ourmachine we bring the door'g to the to'p, when the beaters It 7L, iig. 4, will rest on opposite side of drum, which is about one-third immersed in water. Tlie clothes, properly soaped, are put in on beaters. The left-hand beater 71., fig. 4, passes through upper arc pendant, and, when directly opposite from position shown, it rests on part of clothes. When the other beater gains a position where its weight brings it down, the clothes, at first above it, have mostly fallen to lower side, and the beater falls on them. By this succession of the beaters the clothes are constantly changed in position, and at each revolution present a di'erent surface to the blow of the beater, and are spread in a comparatively even body through thevwashing, not Wadded or rolled' up as by lsome machines.

What we claim as. our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is*

The beaters h hinged to the inner ends or sides of the revolving drum for the uses and purposes aboveV named,E substantially as above set forth.

` CLARK. MoonnEAD,

ISAAC GRIER.

Witnesses:

GEO. Wnrrrinnn, GEORGE Hnnrnnnr. 

